zuǒ
assist
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 左 represents the sound.
Evolution
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 佐
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
aide | ||
evidence | ||
to assist (usually a ruler) | ||
condiments | ||
Zorro |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tsˤarʔ-s (dialect: *-r > *-j) | tsaH | zuǒ | aid, assist |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.4919% of movies
1920th most common character in movies
2081st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+4F50 |
Sources
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